A two-year-old leopardess was killed after being hit by a speeding heavy vehicle in the Mala range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve.
A two-year-old female leopard was killed after being hit by a speeding heavy vehicle in the Mala range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, forest officials said on Sunday.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Bharat Kumar said the incident occurred late on Saturday evening when the feline was crossing a road inside the forest.
“The impact was so severe that the leopardess got stuck in the vehicle and was dragged for nearly 200 metres,” Kumar said, adding that forest staff on duty intercepted the vehicle, but the driver abandoned it and fled the scene.
As the forest personnel approached the injured leopard, a forest personnel identified as Anokhelal was attacked by it, Kumar said.
